"I'm not gonna die in this damn place" : manliness, identity, and survival of the Mexican American Vietnam prisoners of war

"I'm not gonna die in this damn place" : manliness, identity, and survival of the Mexican American Vietnam prisoners of war / Juan David Coronado.

"By the time of the Vietnam War era, the "Mexican American Generation" had made tremendous progress both socially and politically. However, the number of Mexican Americans in comparison to the number of white prisoners of war (POWs) illustrated the significant discrimination and inequ...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Coronado, Juan David (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [2018]
Series:Latinos in the United States series.
Subjects:
Mexican American soldiers > History > 20th century.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Prisoners and prisons, North Vietnamese.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Prisoners and prisons, American.
Prisoners of war > Vietnam.
Prisoners of war > United States.
Prisoners of war > Psychology.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Veterans > United States.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Chicanamization
  • The formative years
  • The manly ideals of machismo, duty, and patriotism
  • Resisting, enduring, and surviving captivity, the early years, 1954-1967
  • Resisting, enduring, and surviving captivity, the latter years, 1967-1973
  • Homecoming or rude awakening?

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